That a crap excuse. It always looks like rain in fla to you foreigners. I'm pretty sure it says A storm is possible. A STORM means at least one cloud may blow over.

Oh, now that you explain it like that, I'll see you after 6pm!

Boat looks gorgeous!! Great job Michael!

Dean & Dykstra- I appreciate the positive feedback

She's a beauty NASCAT. It was great to catch up. I'm sure Yvonne will have plenty of cool shots up later this week.

Stretching BTA's legs on the St. John's last weekend. Headed to Charleston this weekend.
Great seeing everyone in JAX, thanks to all who took & forwarded me pics, they are greatly appreciated.

Long Overdue is an update on the BTA's performance.

The boat runs an honest 75mph regardless of fuel & load. I've seen 79mph a few times but have been holding out for 80. The problem being I wasn't smart enough to find the Trip page on my Garmin, it was hidden behind the Info Page. Living proof you must be smarter than the piece you are working with. My only disclaimer being that my Garmin didn't come w/ an owners manual.

I broke the 80mph barrier just last weekend, 90 gals of fuel & 2 on board in a slight chop. I'm still 150-200 rpm shy of the 6400 max redline w/ the stock Mercury Rev 4, 25P props. A well respected authority on Nor-Tech CC's has provided me a with a few basic tips as to how to get the remaining 200 rpm. Lake levels are quite low currently due to the lack of rain. Hope to get back out there to see if the adjustments made result in any performance gains.

To be continued.....

You have 1155 miles on that boat already or am I not looking at the Odometer correctly? Did you leave the Garmin on while it was on the trailer?

I'm not sure thats 100% correct b/c 1155 miles divided by 56hrs = a 21mph avg.
Also when I finally found the TRIP page my max speed was like 305mph (which I really wanted to post) so I was wondering if it was on in the plane too, LOL.

I boated 3x in Fort Myers before I brought it home, been to Jacksonville PR, Lanier PR & the NC Coast 1x + my local lake boating.
The 56hrs seems reasonable the miles I'm not sure. Ron from Electronics Unlimited saw the 300mph max speed & didn't have an explanation.


With that said please delete your post, I'll delete mine & then I can roll back my odometer.

PS- if you look closer the trip odometer reads 1383 which is higher than the actual odometer.
Not sure how the Garmin operates but in a car, Odometer= All Miles & trip exactly that a portion of the total miles. Only way they match is if you never reset the trip. In this case I'm not sure how the trip could exceed the odometer.